UROPEPSIN EXCRETION BY MAN. II. UROPEPSIN EXCRETION BY HEALTHY MEN 12

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Healthy men excrete uropepsin at a fairly constant rate throughout the day and from day to day. This rate was not markedly affected by the volume, specific gravity or acidity of the urine or by factors such as wakefulness, sleep, ordinary exercise or the usual fluctuations in dietary habits. Ingestion of food did not appear to stimulate uropepsin excretion. Because of these facts, analysis of specimens of urine formed during the sleeping hrs. can be utilized as a valid index of the rate of uropepsin excretion throughout the entire day.

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